The babushkas' average age is 75 and they won over the judges with, "Party for everybody" — a catchy tune in Udmurt and English.

The Udmurt language is a distant relation to Finnish. It's spoken by about half a million people.

At Russia's Eurovision tryouts spectators clapped and danced along, as the babushkas did their shuffle on stage. Their traditional red, green and white costumes and birch bark shoes were also a hit with the fans.

This woman, Victoria, says the grannies deserve to win because they represent the real Russia.

At home in Buranovo, grandma Granya Baisarova showed some of her prized outfits for the TV cameras.

She said the dresses are quite old, perhaps 50-years old, but they are as good as new even after I started performing.

The grannies spend the day doing chores like checking on the goats. Then they head off in the evening to the local community center for rehearsals: their aim, to perfect their catchy tune.

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